Navy's Sean Richards takes 22nd in javelin at NCAAs

Outdoor captain Sean Richards concluded his javelin career at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship on Wednesday evening at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. (Phill Hoffmann)

NAVY TRACK & FIELD: Outdoor captain Sean Richards concluded his javelin career at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship on Wednesday evening at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. Richards finished 22nd overall in the javelin with a top throw of 61.35m (201-03). Richards is the first javelin thrower to compete at the NCAA Championship since Jay Stell earned All-America accolades in the event in 2016.

Richards finished ahead of Patriot League Champion August Cook of Army West Point, who posted a distance of 61.10m (200-05) to finish 23rd. Mississippi State freshman Anderson Peters won the javelin competition with a meet record throw of 82.82m (271-09).

Navy (27-6, 5-1 PL) won a school-record 27 dual matches during the 2017-18 season and made its sixth all-time appearance in the Patriot League Tournament final. Navy also posted 7-0 sweep of Army West Point in the 2018 Women’s Tennis Star Match.

Senior captain Amanda Keller was named to the All-Patriot League First Team and sophomore Emily Louie-Meadors was named to the all-league second team. Louie-Meadors was also named to the Patriot League All-Academic team.

NAVY WOMEN’S ROWING: The Navy women’s rowing program earned its first-ever top-20 ranking and head coach Joe Schlosberg was selected as the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Region 2 Coach of the Year.

On the heels of the highest finish in program history two weeks ago at the NCAA Championship in Sarasota, Fla., the Midshipmen were voted 18th overall with 39 votes. They trailed No. 17 Penn, but just one voting point. Navy is the only non-Power 5 conference or Ivy League school to be voted in the top-20 national poll.

NAVY BASEBALL: Navy’s Jared Leins was was one of 23 relief pitchers selected to the Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-America team. Leins, a native of Raleigh, North Carolina, was one of the best closers in the Patriot League. Leins accumulated five saves, five wins, 52 strikeouts and a .197 opponents' batting average over 42.0 innings and 19 games as a freshman in 2018.

UMBC WOMEN’S LACROSSE: Senior Taylor Oliver (St. Mary’s) was among 18 student-athletes from America East institutions that were named to the conference’s 2018 Helping Hands Team Tuesday evening at the conference’s annual awards dinner. The America East Helping Hands Team, in its fifth year, was established to recognize a male and female student-athlete from each of the nine America East institutions for their exemplary efforts in the area of community service while remaining in good academic standing.

Oliver, who earned her second letter after transferring from the University of Colorado, had her best year on the field, scoring 11 goals on the Retriever attack. She earned semester honors in the fall of 2016 and 2017, Dean’s List recognition in the spring of 2017 and 2018 and was selected to the National College Athlete Honor Society last month. Oliver earned her B.A. degree in psychology in May. She volunteered with Harlem Lacrosse and College Gardens students during her tenure, working with the girls both on the field and in the classroom.